Wale and scaffold



' Aug. 15, 1967 H. F. SASTAUNIK WALE AND S CAFFOLD 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec 31, 1964 INVENTOR Henry F Sasfaunfir Aug. 15, 1967 Filed Dec. 31, 1964 H. F. SASTAUNIK WALE AND SCAFFOLD 3 Sheets-Sheet Z;

Aug. 15. 1967 H. F. SASTAUNIK WALE AND SCAFF'OLD 5 Sheets-5heet 5 Filed Dec. 31, 1964 INVENTOR Henry F Sas/aumlr United States Patent 3,335,816 WALE AND SCAFFOLD Henry F. Sastaunik, 5816 Beatrice St, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Filed Dec. 31, 1964, Ser. No. 422,772 4 Claims. (Cl. 182229) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to wales and fittings therefor, which may be used in various ways, as described in detail below, in constructing scaffolds, concrete forms or the like. My wale is shown in FIGURES 2 and 3. Fittings such as 26 of FIGURE 4 and 56 of FIGURE 12 may have one end slipped into the wale.

This invention relates to building construction, and more particularly to the members used by the workman in erecting a building. The members are known to those experienced in the art as wales and other structural elements which make up a scaffold.

The dictionary broadly defines wales as the horizontal members used in construction work, particularly in the construction of scaffolds. Scaifolds are defined as a temporary stage or structure in the form of an elevated platform on which men work when erecting a building.

Both the wale and other structural elements which make up a scaffold may of course be made of either wood or metal, or a combination of the two materials by having wood members and metal fittings. While wood isadmittedly the cheaper of the two materials, it has the disadvantage of limited reuse because both nail and/or bolt holes continually enlarge on constant reassembly and disassembly. To date the use of metal in this art has been limited to either fittings or round tubing and the like. While tubing offers certain structural advantages insofar as the strength to weight ratio is concerned, the use of round tubing also has certain disadvantages such as its inability to stay in a given place unless secured to one or more other members.

It is therefore the principal object of this invention to provide a wale for use in a scaffold that is not only light in weight, but one that is also subject to assembly in many different configurations as will hereinafter be described.

Another object of this invention is to provide wales 'for use in scaffolds that embody the use of square tubing that permits individual members to stay wherever placed without the necessity of first being secured to another member or else being blocked to keep it from rolling.

Another object of this invention is to provide scaffolds including wales that can be assembled by even the most inexperienced person in the art.

Another object of this invention is to provide wales for use in scaffolds that can, when necessary, be used in combination with nearly any wood member since most wood members are either square or rectangular when viewed from the end.

Another object of this invention is to provide scaffolds including wales that are fool-proof in their assembly.

Still another object of this invention is to provide scaffolds including wales that can be made in miniature form thereby becoming a new and novel construction toy.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description considered in the light of the accompanying drawings in which:

FIGURE 1 is a top view of a scaffold including the wale of this invention.

FIGURE 2 is a pictorial view of that part of this invention known as the wale.

- FIGURE 3 is a sectional view of FIGURE 2.

FIGURE 4 is an exploded pictorial view of one detail of construction of this invention.

FIGURE 5 is a top view of the wales of a concrete form including this invention.

FIGURE 6 is a top view of a slightly different use of the wales of this invention.

FIGURE 7 is a pictorial view of another detail of construction of this invention.

FIGURE 8 is a detail of assembly of a still different use of this invention as viewed from the top.

FIGURE 9 is a front view of another use of this invention.

FIGURE 10 is a vertical sectional view of a diagonal brace for use with this invention taken along line 10-10 of FIGURE 9, and viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 11 is a sectional view of a diagonal brace for use with this invention taken along line 1111 of FIG- URE 9 and viewed in the direction indicated by the arrows.

FIGURE 12 is a pictorial view of a tubular member for insertion into one end of a wale to produce a member of greater length.

FIGURE 13 is a pictorial view of another form of tubular member for use in interconnecting adjacent ends of two aligned wales of this invention.

FIGURE 14 is a pictorial view of another detail of construction of this invention.

FIGURE 15 is an exploded pictorial view of a fitting for interconnecting adjacent ends of sections of one of the vertical members of this invention.

Looking first at FIGURE 1 of the appended drawings, it will be seen that this invention embodies two uses of my wales which in each instance are indicated by the reference number 23, and the completely assembled scaffold which is indicated by the reference number 21. The aforesaid scaffold being of the wall-hanging type embodies (besides the aligned wales 23) a plurality of planks 22 that are laid on top of the transversely arranged wales 23 that have one end 24 placed against the wall 25 of the building that is being erected or worked on by means of the fitting shown in FIGURE 4 of the drawings and which embodies a member 26 that has a plurality of horizontally disposed and equally spaced openings therein. One of the just mentioned openings being aligned with one of the openings 27 in the vertical wall 28 of the aforesaid wale 23 that is made from square hollow tubing. A bolt or pin 29 is placed in the opening 27 and on through the mating opening in the just mentioned member 26 of this invention. The outer end of the aforesaid member 26 terminates in a cone-like.

member 30 that in turn blends into a short tubular member 31 which in turn terminates in a sphere or head 32 that is fitted into the elongated recess 33 of the U-shaped fitting 34 that is nailed or otherwise secured to the aforesaid wall 25 of the building or the like. Looking again at FIGURE 4 of the drawings it will be seen that that wall which is opposite and parallel to the vertical wall 28 is provided with an elongated horizontally disposed opening 36 through which projects the outer end 37 of the pin 29 which is provided with an opening 38 through which is placed the cotter pin 39 thereby locking this portion of the invention together and keeping it from falling apart as is obvious to anyone experienced in the scaffold erecting art. The outer edge of the scaffold is supported by wooden uprights or posts 20. These posts are secured to the aligned wales 23 by securing means passing through the openings in plates 40. The transversely arranged wales are secured to said Wooden posts 20 in the same way. A typical one of the aforesaid wales 23 is illustrated in FIGURE 2 of the drawing Where it is seen that a vertically disposed plate 40 is suitably secured to each end thereof.

Looking now at FIGURE of the drawings where there is illustrated another use of the wale portion of this invention which in this instance is for the tying in of two parallel and equally spaced walls 41 that may very well be the walls of any concrete form 42.

In this instance the wales 23 are horizontally disposed since the two aforesaid walls 41 are suitably tied together by the horizontally disposed tie-rods 43. A corner of a construction similar to the just described construction may be additionally braced by means of the diagonally disposed tie-rod 44 illustrated in FIGURE 6 which has each end threaded to receive the wing nut 45. The tie-rod fitting 46 used in the construction illustrated in FIGURE 5 is more fully and clearly shown in FIGURE 7 of the drawings where it is seen that this fitting 46 has the configuration of a double U and is provided with an opening 47 through which passes one end of the aforesaid tie-rod 43. A slightly modified form of this invention is shown in FIGURE 8 of the appended drawings wherein parts of this invention already described and indicated by reference number in previously described figures are herein indicated by the same reference numbers for reasons of clarity. In this form of the invention there are no wooden uprights. The wales 23 are secured to the wood sheathing 41 by fittings 46. Fasteners such as nails or screws pass through openings in the flanges of fittings 46 to secure the fittings 46 and wales 23 to the wood sheathing. As soon as tie rods 43 are securedin place, they assist in securing the wales and fittings in place.

Directing ones attention now to FIGURE 9 of the appended drawings, which is of another form and use of this novel invention where in this instance the scaffold that can be continually increased in height as the erection of the building proceeds. This scaffold which is indicated in its entirety by the reference number 48 consists of a plurality of vertically disposed and parallel uprights 49 on the lowermost end of which is fitted a supporting caster 50 of which only one is shown in FIGURE 9 of the appended drawings. Diagonally disposed brace and tie members 51 are secured together at their crossing by the rivet 52. Each end of each one of the aforesaid brace and tie members 51 is suitably secured to one of the aforesaid uprights 49. One or more horizontally disposed guard rails 53 are also suitably secured to the aforesaid uprights 49 thereby completing the erection of this form of the invention. The aforesaid uprights 49 may be fitted with the extension sleeves 54 that are illustrated in FIG- URE of the appended drawings where one of the divider plates 55 is also illustrated for the first and only time in the drawings.

The wales 23 that are used in the erection of the above described scafiolds or walls may be like the one shown in the aforesaid FIGURE 2 of the appended drawings. The tubular fitting of FIGURE 12 has a portion 56 and a larger portion 57. Portion 56 can be inserted in the end of a wale 23, adjusted for the desired over-all length and secured in place by bolts passing through elongated openings in portion 56 and through openings 27 and slot 36 of wale 23.

The tubular fitting of FIGURE 13 can be used to connect the ends of aligned Wales by inserting wale 59 in adjacent ends of wales 23 and securing these wales together.

A double U-shaped fitting 61 is shown in FIGURE 14 of the drawings that is somewhat similar to that one shown in the aforesaid FIGURE 7 of the appended drawings.

Although I have illustrated and described the construction of a wale and various modifications of some of the details of construction of a scaffold or a concrete form, it is to be understood that the invention may be otherwise modified and the configuration of both its details and final assembly changed, and that I am not to be in any way limited in any manner whatsoever as long as the invention falls within the scope and intent of the appended claims.

What I now claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A wale for use with other structural members comprising, an elongated rectangular tube, one wall of said tube having an elongated opening extending the full length thereof, the opposite wall of the tube having spaced circular openings along the full length thereof, a plate secured to the wale near each end thereof and extending at right angles thereto, openings through each plate, a cross section of the tube and a plate forming a rectangle with the tube at the corner of the rectangle.

2. The combination of claim 1 including a tubular fitting most of whose length is dimensioned to slip into the wale.

3. The combination of claim 2 in which the tubular fitting has an enlarged rectangular end of the same dimensions as the external dimensions of the tube.

4. The combination of claim 2, including a head secured to one end of the tubular fitting, a U-shaped member with means to secure said member to a wall, said U- shaped members having elongated openings to receive said head.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 840,636 1/1907 Lillow 182-178 1,246,709 11/1917 Brown 182-204 1,830,017 11/ 1931 Dahlberg 182-429 2,185,948 1/1940 Pimm 182-87 2,763,024 9/ 1956 Simmons 182L29 3,120,878 2/1964 Neeley 182-229 3,131,784 5/1964 Jackson 182229 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,059,168 6/1959 Germany.

REINALDO P. MACHADO, Prinmry Examiner, 

1. A WALE FOR USE WITH OTHER STRUCTURAL MEMBERS COMPRISING AN ELONGATED RECTANGULAR TUBE, ONE WALL OF SAID TUBE HAVING AN ELONGATED OPENING EXTENDING THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF, THE OPPOSITE WALL OF THE TUBE HAVING SPACED CIRCULAR OPENINGS ALONG THE FULL LENGTH THEREOF, A PLATE SECURED TO THE WALE NEAR EACH END THEREOF, A PLATE AT RIGHT ANGLES THERETO, OPENINGS THROUGH EACH PLATE, A CROSS SECTION OF THE TUBE AND A PLATE FORMING A RECTANGLE WITH THE TUBE AT THE CORNER OF THE RECTANGLE. 